In determining whether you are disabled, please consider the following:
- Do you use aids, such as a hearing aid, cane, crutches, walker, or wheelchair?
- Do you have difficulty reading a newspaper without corrective lenses, hearing a normal conversation, walking a quarter mile, climbing a flight of stairs without resting, or lifting 10 or more pounds?
- Do you have difficulty performing routine daily living activities, such as moving within your house or building, getting in or out of a chair or performing other routine personal care functions?
- Do you have difficulty doing such activities as going outside the home, keeping track of money or bills, preparing meals, doing housework, or using the telephone?
- Do you have a physical, mental, or health condition which limits the kind or amount of work or housework you can do?